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China implements a coordinated regional development strategy, speeding up the development of old revolutionary base areas, areas with large ethnic minority populations, border areas and poor areas, continuing to advance the large-scale development of the western region, accelerating the revitalization of old industrial bases in the northeast and other parts of the country, promoting the central region to rise by tapping into local strengths, and supporting the eastern region to take the lead in pursuing optimal development. (...) China will facilitate the development of the Yangtze Economic Belt by promoting well-coordinated environmental conservation and avoiding excessive development. (...)

(…) Schedule 3 of the Pesticides and Toxic Chemicals Act of 2008 lists prohibited pesticides and chemicals.

(…) The TPSC regularly seeks advice from the public on its policy decisions and negotiations through Federal Register Notices and public hearings. In 2013 and 2014, the TPSC (Trade Policy Staff Committee) held public hearings on (…) negotiating objectives for the Environmental Goods Agreement (June 2014).

Under the Foreign Trade Law , China maintains import prohibitions on the following grounds: state security; public morality; human, animal and plant health; environmental protection; balance-of-payments reasons; and to comply with international commitments (Article 16 of the Foreign Trade Law). Prohibited products are listed in the "Catalogue of Commodities Subject to Import Prohibitions", issued by MOFCOM and other relevant ministries and bodies, such as the GACC and AQSIQ (Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine). The last notification regarding import prohibitions dates from 2009, when imports of products classified under 543 tariff lines at the HS 2007 8-digit level were prohibited; no further information has been provided to the Secretariat since then.(…)

Table A2.1 Main trade-related legislation at end-2015
Issue
Trade and environment - General Environment Regulations and Rules for Implementation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Under a CO2 levy/rebate scheme on motor vehicles introduced in 2011, a rebate is deducted from the excise duty payable on an imported car if its CO2 emission per kilometre falls below the threshold of 150 grams. The threshold is revised yearly.

Table 3.10 Some products whose import is restricted, 2015
Products - Measure
Toxic waste - Import licence (authorization from the authority responsible for the environment)
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Certain halogenated hydrocarbon byproducts (CFCs) - Import licence
Other products - Import licence (Montreal Protocol of 16 September 1987 on the sale and use of ozone depleting substances) Environment
Endangered species and their products/waste - CITES[a], Stockholm Convention[b] and Rotterdam Convention[c] Environment (authorization from the competent authority or import ban)
Waste - Basel Convention - Environment (import ban for list A; authorization from the department responsible for the environment for list B)
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[a] The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora was incorporated into Morocco's legislation by means of Dahir No. 1 75 434 of 17 December 1976 and published in the OJ of 3 December 1980.
[b] The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants was approved by Morocco by means of Dahir No. 01 04 4 of 21 April 2004.
[c] The Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade was incorporated into Morocco's legislation by means of Dahir No. 1 09 136 of 2 August 2011.

Canada and CARICOM are currently negotiating a reciprocal Canada-CARICOM Trade Agreement set to replace the unilateral preferences granted under CARIBCAN. The negotiation of a possible Canada-CARICOM FTA was announced at the Canada CARICOM Summit in January 2001, in Jamaica. However, negotiations did not start until 2009. Canada and CARICOM have held five rounds of negotiations to date (February 2014): in November 2009, March 2010, April 2011, July 2012, and January 2014. Discussions have covered market access in goods, trade defence and safeguards measures, rules of origin, trade facilitation, customs procedures, government procurement, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, services, labour, and environment. Both parties agreed that with respect to market access, the chapter on financial services should go beyond Canada’s and CARICOM’s respective GATS commitments.

(...) The import control regime is implemented for various purposes, including: protection of public morals, compliance with domestic regulations and relevant international conventions, and protection of public health. Controlled imports include live plants and animals and products thereof; drugs and narcotics; pornographic or objectionable materials; uncut diamonds; and waste and hazardous materials. The regime applies to all imports, including from other SACU countries.

(...) Open markets and liberal trade regimes have put the emphasis on the need to undertake deep structural reforms to boost economic growth, safeguard macroeconomic stability and ensure sustainable development, with the ultimate objective, the increase of welfare and Albanian citizens' quality of life. (...)